Wind

CanWEA Spring Forum Gets Underway

Tuesday, 10 April 2018 REM Today Canada's wind energy leaders kicked off their annual spring forum in Calgary, Alberta, to explore trends and opportunities for an industry that, in the coming years, is expected to attract billions ...

New York set to become a leading hub for offshore wind according to new report

Tuesday, 10 April 2018 Robin Whitlock

A Word About Wind’s Q2 Finance Quarterly report has identified the first quarter of 2018 as the busiest for power purchase agreements since 2013 after years of false starts and delays.

Trump Administration Proposes Sale for Wind Projects Off Massachusetts Coast

Friday, 06 April 2018 Dan McCue

The Trump administration said on Friday it wants to sell leases for two extensive undersea parcels off the Massachusetts coast for commercial wind energy projects.

Grupo Bimbo’s US Operations to Become 100 Percent Renewable

Friday, 06 April 2018 Dan McCue Invenergy, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, has signed a virtual energy purchase agreement with Mexico’s Grupo Bimbo for 100 MW of the wind energy to be generated by the Santa Rita wind farm beginning ...

Xcel Energy Acquires 150 MW North Dakota Wind Farm

Thursday, 05 April 2018 Dan McCue Minnesota-based Xcel Energy has acquired the Foxtail wind energy Center located in Dickey County in south-central North Dakota. The 150 MW wind farm is part of the company’s plan to achieve 85 percent ...

Missouri Supreme Court to Decide Wind Power Line Case

Wednesday, 04 April 2018 Dan McCue Missouri's highest court on Tuesday heard arguments for and against overturning a decision by state regulators to block a proposed 780-mile power line intended to distribute wind energy across the U.S. ...

RCEA Selects Consortium for Offshore Wind Project

Tuesday, 03 April 2018 REM The Redwood Coast Energy Authority in Eureka, California, has selected a consortium of companies comprised of Principle Power Inc., EDPR Offshore North America LLC, Aker Solutions Inc., H. T. Harvey & ...

Evolution of Wind Power Interactive Map Released

Tuesday, 27 March 2018 Dan McCue The newly-released interactive map, The Evolution of Wind Power, resulting from a project undertaken by The Global wind energy Council and Greenbyte, reveals the cumulative installed capacity per country, ...

Vineyard Wind Collaborates with SMAST on Study of Offshore Wind Effects

Wednesday, 21 March 2018 Dan McCue Vineyard Wind, based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, has entered into a collaborative agreement with the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science and Technology to plan and conduct ...

ALLETE Acquires Montana Wind Farm Project

Friday, 16 March 2018 Dan McCue ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALLETE Inc. will construct, own and operate an 80 MW wind energy facility near Great Falls, Montana, that will supply electricity to NorthWestern Energy ...